The '''''Etymologies''''' are one of the documents included in Volume V of [[The History of Middle-earth]] ([[The Lost Road]]). In his preface to that volume, [[Christopher Tolkien]] describes the ''Etymologies'' as "a kind of historical dictionary," and associates the work with the years 1937-1938, prior to Tolkien's work on [[The Lord of the Rings]].

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'''The Etymologies''' is the first, and indeed only, chapter of the 'Part Three' of ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]''. In his preface to that volume, [[Christopher Tolkien]] describes ''The Etymologies'' as "a kind of historical dictionary", and associates the work with the years [[1937]]-[[1938]], prior to [[J.R.R. Tolkien|his father]]'s work on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

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In the ''Etymologies'', Tolkien provides a series of [[Elvish]] linguistic root syllables, or "bases". He then shows how each base evolved into various words in the various Elvish languages, primarily [[Quenya]] and [[Sindarin]] (then called "Noldorin"), but also about ten other variations. Although the derived words cannot necessarily be said to be in their final forms, as Tolkien's invented languages continued to evolve throughout his life, as Christopher Tolkien points out, this document "''enormously increases the known vocabularies of the Elvish tongues''".

In ''The Etymologies'', Tolkien provides a series of [[Elvish]] linguistic root syllables, or "bases". He then shows how each base evolved into various words in the various Elvish languages, primarily [[Qenya]] and [[Noldorin]], but also about ten other variations. Although the derived words cannot necessarily be said to be in their final forms, as Tolkien's invented languages continued to evolve throughout his life, as Christopher Tolkien points out, this document "''enormously increases the known vocabularies of the Elvish tongues''".

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In [[July]] [[2004]], the issue of ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'' #46 provided addenda and corrigenda to the original published text of the ''Etymologies'', with previously unknown entries and roots.

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==Addenda and Corrigenda==

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In [[2003]] and [[2004]], [[Vinyar Tengwar 45|''Vinyar Tengwar'' issues 45]] and [[Vinyar Tengwar 46|46]] provided addenda and corrigenda to the original published text of ''The Etymologies'', with previously unknown entries and roots. In [[2007]], ''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]'' issue [[Parma Eldalamberon 17|17]] provided even more entries.

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* ''[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/errors.htm Probable Errors in the Etymologies]'', at [[Ardalambion]]

In The Etymologies, Tolkien provides a series of Elvish linguistic root syllables, or "bases". He then shows how each base evolved into various words in the various Elvish languages, primarily Qenya and Noldorin, but also about ten other variations. Although the derived words cannot necessarily be said to be in their final forms, as Tolkien's invented languages continued to evolve throughout his life, as Christopher Tolkien points out, this document "enormously increases the known vocabularies of the Elvish tongues".